4 Ways to Make the Most of Your Job
Working Smart to Maximize Your Job Benefits
Maybe you love your job, maybe you don’t. Regardless, there are ways to maximize your time at work so you can get the most out of your time at work. TIME is the one valuable asset we truly can’t make more of, so follow these tips to learn how to make better use of your time at work.
Promotions, raises, and lucrative/time freeing career opportunities come more often to those who work smart.
1. Keep your mind open to learning new things. Working smart means you're willing to learn something new that will eventually save you time and earn you more money.
With no prior experience, you can land a work from home tech job by taking free certificate courses offered by Google.
There are lots of careers out there that require no college degree, like insurance sales, mortgage brokering, real estate, etc, that are highly profitable and can provide you freedom of time and schedule.
2. Observe your co workers. Are you giving 150% every day but your coworkers are giving 32.4%? Stop doing the most! Your time and energy can be better spent in places that can grow you as a human.
Clarify your job role. By reading your job description, you will have a solid outline of the tasks expected of you. If you see a spot that you want to advance to in the future, consider a strategic plan of effort in order to get that spot. If you are satisfied with where you are, stop giving the most every day….this takes your precious time and energy and there are no prizes at the end of life for “she was the best employee”.
Does Sharon at the next desk spend half of her day on dating websites while you struggle to make sure everything runs well? Sharon keeps her job, perhaps you need to dial it back a notch and pop in an earbud and listen to a podcast that lights you up.
3. Working Smart to Maximize Your Income. Work smarter, not harder-unless it’s for you. Then work as hard as you want.
I’m a big fan of jobs where I can accomplish my work and have free time to do things to grow my outside interests with the time left over. I’m not saying do a bad job, I’m saying do an efficient job and reap the rewards.
I love having one main job (generally less than full time) that provides the bulk of my income and then small side jobs that have benefits like discounts on services or products that I would buy anyway.
4. Become indispensable at work. If you know how to perform your co-workers' jobs and can fill in doing their tasks whenever they're absent, you'll demonstrate to your supervisor how important you are to the company.
This is a strategic move, played out over time. If you play a role that is vital to a company’s function, you should be compensated. First, though, you have to establish your worth. Make connections and form good relationships within your organization. When the time is appropriate, you can ask to be-paid more, have added bonus or some other type of compensation, work remote or partially remote, change your work schedule (ie 4-10 hour days instead of 5-8 hour days.).
Jobs are a reality for most people, but instead of being a victim of your circumstances, consider being strategic. Having a strategy to maintain your job while maximizing your time, energy and the benefits your job can provide will keep you going through your working years-or until you make your way to financial freedom!
